Rozzano Locsin  Technologies that mimic human beings and
human activities to meet the demands of
Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing
 Born in 1954
 A native of Dumaguete City, Philippines who
resides and practices his nursing profession at
Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan as
Professor Nursing
 He is Professor emeritus of Florida Atlantic
University in Boca Raton, Florida, USA
 Earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
degree from the University of the Philippines in
1988, and his Master of Arts in Nursing and
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Siliman
University in 1978 and 1976 respectively in the
Philippines
Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing
 A middle range theory grounded in Nursing as
Caring
 Illustrated in the practice of nursing grounded in
the harmonious coexistence between
technology and caring in nursing
The assumptions of the theory are:
1. Persons are caring by virtue of their humanness
2. Persons are whole or complete in the moment
3. Knowing persons is a process of nursing that
allows for continuous appreciation of persons
moment to moment
4. Technology is used to know wholeness of
persons moment to moment
5. Nursing is a discipline and a professional
practice
Dimensions of Technological Value in the Theory
 Technology as completing human beings to re-
formulate the ideal human being such as in
replacement parts, both mechanical
(prostheses) or organic (transplantation of
organs)
 Technology as machine technologies, e.g.
computers and gadgets enhancing nursing
activities to provide quality patient care
nursing care practices, e.g. cyborgs (cybernetic
organisms) or anthropomorphic machines and
robots such as nursebots’
Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing
a. Technological competency as caring in nursing
is the harmonious coexistence between
technologies and caring in nursing
b. The harmonization of these concepts places the
practice of nursing within the context of
modern healthcare and acknowledges that
these concepts can co-exist
c. Technology brings the patient closer to the
nurse. Conversely, technology can also increase
the gap between the nurse and the nursed.
d. When technology is used to know persons
continuously in the moment, the process of
nursing is lived
The Process of Nursing
A. Knowing:
- The process of knowing person is quided by
technological knowing in which persons are
appreciated as participants in their care rather
than as objects of care
- The nurse enters the world of the other. In this
process, technology is used to magnify the
aspect of the person that requires revealing – a
representation of the real person
- The person’s state change moment to moment
– person is dynamic, living, and cannot be
predicted
B. Designing:
- Both the nurse and the one nursed (patient)
plan a mutual care process from which the
nurse can organize a rewarding nursing practice
that is responsive to the patient’s desire for
care
C. Verifying knowledge:
- The continuous, circular process demonstrates
the ever-changing, dynamic nature of knowing
in nursing
- Knowledge about the person that is derived
from knowing, designing, and implementing
further informs the nurse and the one nursed
D. Participation in Appreciation:
- The simultaneous practice of conjoined
activities which are crucial to knowing persons
- In this stage of the process is the alternating
rhythm of implementation and evaluation
- The evidence of continuous knowing,
implementation and participation is reflective of
the cyclical process of knowing persons